BA, The College of St. Catherine
MSW, University of Minnesota
Committees/Positions:
- MSW Field Content Committee
- MSW Field Training Co-facilitator
- MSW Weekend Cohort Admissions Committee
- MSSA exhibit coordinator
- Regional Field Instructor Training
Courses taught:
- Junior BSW Fieldwork Seminar, Day and Weekend
- Senior Field Seminar
- MSW Foundation Field Seminar
- MSW Clinical Field Seminar
- Summer Block Field Seminar
- Weekend Cohort Field Seminar
- Undergraduate Human behavior
Current Research Interests:
- Grief, loss and bereavement
- End of life Issues
- Pediatric Palliative Care
- Integration of Eastern Wisdom into therapeutic intervention and healing
- Trauma
Practice Experience:
- Runaway and homeless youth
- Child protection
- In-Home Family Therapy
- Children’s Hospital
- Outpatient Mental Health
Associations:
- National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
- Association for the Advancement of Social Work With Groups (AASWG)